by Cait Sobotka | Oct 17, 2017 | Childbirth, labor support, Real Talk Tuesday
You have likely heard stories, or have a friend or family member, who reports their labor lasted not just twenty-four or forty-eight hours, but literally DAYS! Why is it that some people have multi-day labors, is it labor at all, and what can be done to address it?...
by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Jul 29, 2016 | Featured Birth Stories, VBAC
As a community of support, we love to share real life birth stories with you, our Third Coast family. We hope that these stories will encourage and inspire you! Today we hear from Cathy, Mama of two. Thank you, Cathy for sharing your story with us! What would you...
by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Jul 21, 2016 | Featured Birth Stories
As a community of support, we love to share real life birth stories with you, our Third Coast family. We hope that these stories will encourage and inspire you! Today we hear from Cassandra, Mama of three. Thank you for sharing your story with us, Cassandra! What...
by Margarita Valbuena | Apr 26, 2016 | Childbirth, Community, doula, parenting, Real Talk Tuesday, Self-Care
My favorite reaction from one of my best friends when I told her I was pregnant with my second kid was “Santa caca!!” (literally: “Holy crap!!”) Can you relate? That intense feeling of excitement mixed with the deer-in-headlights realization...
by shawna@thirdcoastbirth.com | Nov 15, 2015 | expectations, Family, Pregnancy, Self-Care
With my first pregnancy, all I could think about was the little baby that was growing and developing inside of me. It was easy to get caught up in the excitement and anticipation of what he would look like, what his character would be, how we would raise him. I spent...
